Available for new projects — Freelance

Expert Data Scientist: From processing to viz

Stéphane Karasiewicz — Senior Data Scientist with 7+ years delivering ML solutions from research to production. Specialized in environmental analytics, time-series modeling, and scalable pipelines.

7+Years of Experience
Ph.D.Marine Ecology
6Peer-Reviewed Papers
2CRAN Packages
Stéphane Karasiewicz
Trusted by research & industry
IFREMER — French Marine Research
Raincoat LLC — Climate Risk
📦 12+ ML Projects — Delivered freelance
📊 8,000+ — CRAN Downloads

Data science services that
move your business forward

I don't just build models — I deliver business outcomes. Every project starts with your goals and ends with measurable impact.

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Predictive Analytics & ML

Custom ML models: churn prediction, price forecasting, anomaly detection. Full lifecycle from preprocessing to production deployment.

XGBoostLSTMscikit-learnTensorFlow
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Environmental & Geospatial

Satellite data analysis, climate risk modeling, ESG reporting, and environmental monitoring. 2TB+ satellite data management experience.

MODISSentinelNetCDFRisk Assessment
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Dashboards & Visualization

Interactive analytics dashboards with country-level maps, KPI tracking, and real-time monitoring. 5+ production dashboards delivered.

DashStreamlitPlotlyShiny
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MLOps & Data Pipelines

End-to-end ML infrastructure: automated training, CI/CD, Docker containerization, cloud deployment, and ETL pipelines at scale.

DockerCI/CDPostgreSQLREST APIs
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NLP & Computer Vision

Text classification, document extraction, image recognition using state-of-the-art transformer and CNN architectures.

PyTorchTransformersCNNLLMs
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Statistical Consulting & R Packages

Advanced multivariate analysis, time-series modeling, and custom R package development. Published author on CRAN.

PCATime-SeriesNiche ModelingCRAN

From research to production

A track record spanning marine research, freelance consulting, and industry ML engineering.

Present
Freelance Senior Data Scientist
Self-employed — Available for new projects
Short Freelance Missionsfrom 2 to 30 days
Feb 2024 — Present
Senior Data Scientist
Raincoat LLC — Peril Risk Assessment
  • End-to-end ML pipeline for peril risk assessment
  • 5 interactive dashboards with country-level maps
  • Automated data management for 2TB+ satellite data
Jul 2023
Freelance Data Scientist
Self-employed — 12+ ML Projects Delivered
  • Customer churn models (XGBoost), price forecasting (LSTM)
  • Full ML lifecycle: preprocessing to deployment
Oct 2021 — Mar 2022
Research Engineer
IFREMER, Boulogne-sur-Mer
  • Automated 500GB+ data extraction — saved 50h/month
  • 70% computation time reduction via script optimization
  • Mentored 4 researchers in R and reproducible research
2018 — 2021
Postdoctoral Researcher (×2)
IFREMER Brest & Boulogne — Satellite & Marine ML
  • Bloom detection algorithm on 10+ years satellite data
  • 50,000+ km² coastal analysis (MODIS, Sentinel)
  • Published BDAlgo R package on CRAN
  • 4 peer-reviewed publications, 2 datasets
2014 — 2017
Ph.D. in Marine Ecology
Université de Lille — Phytoplankton & Global Change
  • Novel statistical framework (WitOMI) for niche shifts
  • Analyzed 20+ years monitoring data (10M+ records)
  • 3 first-author papers, 2 CRAN packages (subniche)

Projects with measurable outcomes

Real deliverables, real impact — not just notebooks.

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Published, peer-reviewed, open source

Contributing to science and the data community through packages and publications.

From question to solution

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Discovery Call

We discuss your data, goals and constraints. Free, 15 min, no commitment.

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Scoping & Proposal

Clear approach, timeline, deliverables, and pricing — fixed or time-and-materials.

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Build & Iterate

Weekly check-ins, shared repos, transparent progress. You're never in the dark.

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Deliver & Support

Polished deliverables, documentation, and handoff support to your team.

Let's talk about your data

Book a free 15-minute discovery call. No pitch, no pressure — just an honest conversation about how data science can help your business.

Book a Discovery Call → Email Me
📍 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France 🌐 Working remotely worldwide 🇫🇷🇬🇧 French & English native ⚡ Response < 24h